Eminent Domain Stuff

Friday, May 27, 2005

The French

Could someone please remind me: What kind of government do the French have again? I thought it was some sort of Parlimentary thingy. Guess I was wrong:

PRESIDENT CHIRAC of France is preparing to throw Europe into confusion and put Britain on the spot by backing moves to keep the European constitution alive if it is rejected in Sunday’s referendum.

French diplomats say that M Chirac is expected to urge other countries to proceed with ratification because France does not want to be seen to be blocking the European project. Any attempt to persuade other countries to go ahead will dash the hopes of those in the British Government who believed that a French rejection would make a British referendum unnecessary.